Mother thanks kind garda for lift home after being stranded with car full of Christmas presents on dual carriageway

Niamh says her kids were 'living their best lives' in the patrol car, asking Garda Dave about his job and his Christmas plans. File Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

A kind member of An Garda Síochána went out of his way to help a mother, her two young children, and their car full of presents to get home safely for Christmas.

Civil servant Niamh Desmond said she had been travelling home to Portarlington after visiting family in Wicklow when her car's engine gave out on the dual carriageway on the outskirts of Naas on Thursday evening.